chitin
Meaning of chitin
noun
A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
Information about chitin
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chitin is: chitins.
- Languages in which chitin is used:
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Hyphenation of chitin
chitin
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- chitin is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with chitin
Itin, Chaitin, Bitin, distobitin, methylquercitin, myricitin, quercitin, tracitin, carditin, arthrichitin, methylsudachitin, neurochitin, rishitin, urechitin, whitin, asacolitin, euperfolitin, mellitin, scillitin, trifolitin, palmitin, tripalmitin, vermitin, Bronitin, Nitin, aconitin, amanitin, indaconitin, japaconitin, karnitin, sodagnitin, chondroitin, antiprecipitin, bacterioprecipitin, coctoprecipitin, hemoprecipitin, isoprecipitin, laserpitin, leukoprecipitin, monotropitin, mycoprecipitin, phytoprecipitin, precipitin, thermoprecipitin, Penbritin, Uritin, apoferritin, chamuvaritin, ferritin, heparitin